Why Did the Participants in Raymond Et Al

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did the participants in Raymond et al. (1992) study on attentional blink, have a difficult time identifying the probe when it was placed 2 to 6 letters after the target stimulus?

• A) The participants were blinking after the target, so they could not see the probe.
• B) The probe was below the threshold level of detection.
• C) The target stimulus was of a different color and interfered with the processing of subsequent letters.
• D) The participants were focused on identifying the target stimulus and could not attend to the probe.

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